COBOL Developer

Comtech LLC; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Comtech LLC is seeking a Senior COBOL Developer in Albany, New York, responsible for application development and maintenance within a mainframe environment. The ideal candidate will have 5-7 years of experience with COBOL programming, system analysis, and technical documentation.

This role involves designing systems, conducting testing, and leading programming tasks. The candidate should be capable of working independently and providing leadership to others, contributing significantly to the development projects.

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Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience as a Senior COBOL Developer.
• Capable of writing application software, data analysis, and testing.
• Ability to work independently and lead others.

Responsibilities

• Provide system design, application programming, and documentation.
• Conduct unit and integration testing of developed programs.
• Utilize structured COBOL for programming tasks.

Skills

COBOL programming

System analysis and design

Data manipulation

Technical documentation

Debugging

Tools

Unisys 2200

ClearPath mainframes

ECL and DMS 2200/RDMS

Job description

Job Description

ITS HSC Mainframe Application Development

The ITS Human Services Cluster (HSC) performs application program development, maintenance, and enhancement activities for the various information technology systems that support the business of several State agencies, including OTDA, OCFS, and DOL. OTDA, OCFS, and DOL supervise the administration of human services programs under various Federal and State-sponsored programs in a federated approach to deliver integrated human services in multiple systems. Many of these applications are within a mainframe environment utilizing COBOL technology. These systems include the Welfare Management System (WMS), Benefit Issuance Control System (BICS), NYC Payments System, Child Support Management System (CSMS), Client Notices System (CNS), and systems supporting the administration of Unemployment Insurance.

Daily tasks include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide general system design, application programming, unit and integration testing of developed programs, and documentation of those efforts.
• Programming tasks may include complete unit routines or functional routines that make up discrete parts of functional units.
• Programming will utilize structured COBOL.

Qualifications

• Senior COBOL Developer with documented employment experience of 5-7 years.
• Experience with analysis, design, coding, component and assembly testing of all application code owned by the Application Team—Maintenance (including production support), enhancement and development work. Capable of writing application software, data analysis, data access, data structures, data manipulation, databases, design, programming, testing and implementation, technical and user documentation, and software conversions.
• Ability to work without assistance and provide leadership for others; may have advanced education.

Desired Qualifications

• 5 years of experience working directly with COBOL 74 and/or 85 programming on Unisys 2200 series or ClearPath mainframes.
• 5 years of experience with system analysis and design, programming and unit and integrated testing on Unisys 2200 series or Clear Path mainframes.
• 5 years of experience utilizing Unisys ECL and DMS 2200/RDMS.
• 5 years of experience monitoring production work and performing error diagnostic/debugging activities in a mainframe environment.
• 5 years of experience creating and maintaining documentation related to designing, programming, and testing in a mainframe environment.

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